Gate.



T. W. MCGRATH.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I4. 1916.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED IULY I4. I916.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES BY WGZWLWMM;

ATTORNEY 2TATE2 FFllCE.

THOIVIMAS W. McGRATI-I, OF SILVER/DON, OREGON.

GATE.

Application filed July 14, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMMAS W. M GRATH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Silverton, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain .new and useful Improvements in Gates, of

' construct this operating mechanism that the lines may be connectedwith the latch of the gate thus raising the latch when swinging the gateopen.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a perspective view of the improved gate and operatingmechanism.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of a fragment of the gate showing thelatch.

Fig. 3 is a view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking towardthe post.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the plate with which the latch operatingline and gate opening and closing lines are connected.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 55 of Fig. 4:.

The gate is indicated in general by the numeral and is provided with alatch bar 11 which is pivotally mounted adjacent its inner end and hasits outer end extending beyond the end of the gate so that it may engagethe socket bracket 12 carried by the post 13. This post 13 is mountedupon the opposite side of the road way 14 from the post or standard 15and the gate will be pivotally connected with the post 15 by means ofhooks 16, a selected pair of which will pass through the eyes 17 of thegate. Therefore the gate may be pivotally mounted at any height desiredso that small animals can pass beneath the gate whereas large animalswill be prevented from passing from one field to another. It should befurther noted that the free end of the gate is connected with thesupporting or truck 18 which will prevent sagging of the gateSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10 1917.

Serial No. 109,367.

or strain upon the hinges, the post 15 being in its turn braced by meansof the truck rod 19 leading from the upper end of the post and connectedwith the base 20.

Upon opposite sides of the gate, and along the roadway, there ispositioned posts 21 and 22 and 23 and 2 1, the posts 23 and 21 carryingcross arms These cross arms carry eyes 26 and 27 and the posts 21 eachcarries a lower eye 28 and upper eyes 29 and 30. A line 31 passesthrough the eye 32-01 post 15 and through the eyes 29 of the posts 21and 22 and is then passed through the eyes 27 of the posts 23 and 24.Hand-holds 32 are provided upon the ends of this line to permit it to beeasily grasped and to further prevent the ends from slipping through theeyes 27. Branch lines 33 and 3-1 are connected with the line 31 uponopposite sides of the post 15 and are passed through the eyes of theposts 21 and 22 and after being passed through these eyes 35 of theposts 23 and 2% are passed through the eyes 28 of the posts 21 and 22and connected with the arms 36 of the plate 37. This plate 37 ispivotally connected with the gate by means 01. the bolt or othertastener 38 and is provided with a slot 39 through which passes the pin40. It will be seen that when the plate is moved in one direction, itwill engage the pin and swing the gate in that direction. It will befurther seen that the slot is of such length that the initial movementof the lever arm will draw the line d1 to raise the latch out ofengagement with the socket bracket 12 thus releasing the gate and thatupon further movement of the lever arm, the gate will be moved. Springa2 is provided to yieldably hold the latch in the lowered position andthus permitting the gate to be securely but releasably held in theclosed position. In order to permit the gate to be moved in an oppositedirection from which it will be moved when one end of the line 31 isdrawn there has been provided lines 43 and it which are connected withthe lines 33 and 34 at points intermediate the plates 37 and the eyes 28and are passed through these eyes 28 and through theeyes 26 of the posts23 and 24, the free ends of the lines -13 and 14. carrying hand-holds 45so that the lines may be easily drawn to move the gate and furtherserving to prevent the lines from being drawn out of the eyes 26.

When in use the gate will be presumed to he closed and a personapproaches the gate from the left in Fig. 1. If it is desired to openthe gate so that the gate will swing away from the person or toward theright in Fig. 1, the line 31 will be drawn upon and this will swing theplate 37 to release the latch and swing the gate toward the right in thefigures or away from the person. After passing through the gate, theopposite end of the line 81 will be grasped and the gate can then beswung hackwardly into a closed position. If it is desired to swing thegate toward the left in Fig. 1, in order to open it, the line 43 will bedrawn upon and this will swing the plate 37 toward the left thusswinging the gate open. After passing through, the line 44 will be drawnupon and the gate will he swung closed. It will thus be seen that thegate may he opened in either direction and closed after the person haspassed through the gate and further that it may he swung either towardthe person approaching the gate or in an opposite direction according tothe wishes of the operator.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for the lever arm, flexible meansleading from 7 said lever to said latch for moving the latch to areleasing positron, supportmg posts posltioned upon opposite sides ofsaid gate carrying post, and actuatlng lines earned by said gatecarrying postand supporting posts and connected with said lever formoving the latch and then swinging the gate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

THOMMAS W. MOGRATH.

WVitnesses:

DELLA MGGRATH, J. J. TALLMAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

